BBC referrals begin to flow

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4:05 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

I am beginning to see the BBC search appear in my top 20 referrers, anyone else seeing traffic?

4:08 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

From which engine? Do the BBC have a directory?

4:11 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

It is Google powered. I don't think they have a directory yet.

The subject was discussed in detail at

4:11 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

The bbc have a google based search engine.... as reported above. (I'll probably change my tune as the referrals roll in ;))

[added]Ian beat me to it :)[/added]

4:13 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

I remember reading this.

However, the question is. If it's only partly powered by Google are the search results Google's the BBC's or hybrid?

4:18 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

At the moment the WWW search is pure Google UK Sites as default with option to go wider.

4:19 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

Looks like it's got a substancial index. I isn't Google, however, the sites that are given weight in Google do seem to rank highly.

<change> sorry. It is Google. It is the UK only search by default. My mistake.</change>

5:28 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

Just a handful of referrals so far for me.